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 |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| mystic | mystical |