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 |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| schism | division |
| faculty | ability |