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 |
|---|---|
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| purported | reputed |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| whimsy | whim |