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 |
|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| growl | rumble |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |