vl17 powerpoint part ii

Vocabulary Lesson 17 Part 2

COUNTER; CONTRA - opposed to or against, opposite

from Latin

•Contraband

•illegal goods or commerce (noun)

•Contraceptive

•device to prevent pregnancy (noun)

•Contradiction

•verbal opposition (noun)

•Contradistinction

•distinction by opposite qualities (noun)

•Contravene

•to oppose, as in a law; to contradict (noun)

•Counteract

•Counteract•to neutralize, to act directly against (verb)

•Counterbalance

•Counterbalance•to offset, weight against weight (verb)

•Counterclaim

• Counterclaim

• to claim against (verb)• an opposing claim, as by a defendant against a plaintiff (noun)

•Countermand

•to cancel or revoke a command or order (verb)

•Counterpart

•Counterpart•a person or thing corresponding or resembling another in another area (noun)

•Counterplot

•to defeat a plot with another plot (noun)

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