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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levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
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harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
drab | slattern |
frantic | emotionally out of control |
blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |