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 |
|---|---|
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| finished | entirely done |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| unkempt | not combed |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |