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
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
lineamentsan outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face
lookoutone engaged in keeping watch : watchman
disperseto cause to break up (see break up
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
monarchyundivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
parquetto furnish with a floor of parquet
pento shut in or as if in a pen
baffleto defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert