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 |
|---|---|
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |