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 |
|---|---|
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |