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 |
|---|---|
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |