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 |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |