GRE Word List
REFURBISH
to brighten or freshen up : renovate
The meaning of the word refurbish is to brighten or freshen up : renovate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| quench | put out |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |