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 |
|---|---|
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| niggle | trifle |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |