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 |
|---|---|
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |