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Grandmother burnished the tarnished and dull silver tea set, energetically polishing the pieces with paste and soft rags until they gleamed.

Which word or words in the sentence help readers understand that burnished means "shined" and "buffed"?

tarnished
energetically
polishing
paste

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it could be polishing as related to shined

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