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 |
|---|---|
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |