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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stench | stink |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
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| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |