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 |
|---|---|
| defer | put off |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |