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 |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |