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

WordMeaning
avariceexcessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
subversivethe act of subverting : the state of being subverted
saccharineof, relating to, or resembling that of sugar
lavishexpending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
genialitymarked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
nebulousof, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular
mutinousdisposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious
thematicof, relating to, or constituting a theme