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 |
|---|---|
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
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| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |