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 |
|---|---|
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| viable | capable of living |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |