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 |
|---|---|
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |