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 |
|---|---|
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| flounder | flatfish |
| residual | remainder |