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 |
|---|---|
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |