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.
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| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
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| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
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| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
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| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
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