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 |
|---|---|
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |