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 |
|---|---|
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
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| sift | to put through a sieve |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |