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 |
|---|---|
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| wanton | merciless |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| growl | rumble |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| delusive | likely to delude |