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 |
|---|---|
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| retiring | reserved |
| duration | continuance in time |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |