GRE Word List
BURNISH
to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing
The meaning of the word burnish is to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |