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 |
|---|---|
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |