GRE Word List
COUNTERPART
one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
The meaning of the word counterpart is one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| decipher | decode |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
