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 |
|---|---|
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |