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 |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| perforate | to make a hole through |