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 |
|---|---|
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |