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 |
|---|---|
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| edifice | building |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |