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 |
|---|---|
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| haven | harbor |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| encompass | include |
| convention | agreement |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |