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 |
|---|---|
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| scion | descendant |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| warrant | sanction |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |