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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |