GRE Word List

CODIFY

to reduce to a code

The meaning of the word codify is to reduce to a code.

Random words

WordMeaning
inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
exceptwith the exclusion or exception of
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
hindsightperception of the nature of an event after it has happened
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
duressforcible restraint or restriction
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
secta dissenting or schismatic religious body