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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unseemly | not seemly: such as |
referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
congruent | congruous |
interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
gnome | maxim |
predilection | an established preference for something |
avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |