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.
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Word | Meaning |
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headfirst | with the head foremost |
victuals | food usable by people |
centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
decipher | decode |
hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |