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 |
|---|---|
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |