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 |
|---|---|
| demented | mad |
| regime | regimen |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |