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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| momentum | a property (see property |