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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| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |