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 |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |