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 |
|---|---|
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |