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 |
|---|---|
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| reverberate | reflect |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |