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 |
|---|---|
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |