GRE Word List
REFURBISH
to brighten or freshen up : renovate
The meaning of the word refurbish is to brighten or freshen up : renovate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| addle | rotten |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |