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 |
|---|---|
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |