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 |
|---|---|
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| pummel | pound |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| contrive | devise |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
