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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |