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 |
|---|---|
| heed | to pay attention |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| potentate | ruler |
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| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |