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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| encumber | weigh down |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
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| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |