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 |
|---|---|
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| savant | a person of learning |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |