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 |
|---|---|
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |