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 |
|---|---|
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| quarry | game |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |