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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WordMeaning
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
vilemorally despicable or abhorrent
dilatorytending or intended to cause delay
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
discernibleable to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned
tremulouscharacterized by or affected with trembling or tremors
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
sustenancemeans of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
retractto draw back or in