GRE Word List
EDIFY
to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
The meaning of the word edify is to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| upright | perpendicular |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |