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.

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urchinhedgehog
incriminateto charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault
subsumeto include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
tracta system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
upbraidto criticize severely : find fault with