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 |
|---|---|
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |