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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| maroon | a dark red |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| shack | hut |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |