GRE Word List
CODICIL
a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will
The meaning of the word codicil is a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alleviate | relieve |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |