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 |
|---|---|
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |