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 |
|---|---|
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |