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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| urchin | hedgehog |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
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| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |