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 |
|---|---|
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |