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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| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| dingy | dirty |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
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| gazette | newspaper |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| imbibe | drink |