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 |
|---|---|
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| peerless | matchless |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| unsavory | insipid |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |