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 |
|---|---|
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| 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 |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |