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 |
|---|---|
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| engender | beget |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |