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 |
|---|---|
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| quisling | traitor |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |