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 |
|---|---|
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| bulk | magnitude |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |