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 |
|---|---|
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |