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.

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WordMeaning
endorseto write on the back of
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
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vignettea picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper
unprecedentedhaving no precedent : novel
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
jadedfatigued by overwork : exhausted
lecterna stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable