GRE Word List
CODIFY
to reduce to a code
The meaning of the word codify is to reduce to a code.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |