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 |
|---|---|
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| crass | gross |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |