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.

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fulcrumprop
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
lunarcrescent
slougha place of deep mud or mire
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
haphappening
vacillateto waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
ultimatelast in a progression or series : final
enactto establish by legal and authoritative act