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 |
|---|---|
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| auroral | dawn |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |