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 |
|---|---|
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| slew | a large number |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| wake | to be or remain awake |