subpoena
[noun]
a legal document issued by a court or administrative agency, compelling an individual to appear as a witness, produce certain documents, or provide testimony in a legal proceeding
counterbalance
[noun]
a weight or mechanism used to provide stability and balance by offsetting the weight of another object or system
to counterfeit
[verb]
to imitate, copy, or reproduce something, especially currency or goods, with the intent to deceive by passing off the imitation as genuine
to countervail
[verb]
to apply an equal force against another power or impact that is usually bad
to delude
[verb]
to deceive someone into believing something that is not true, often by creating false hopes or illusions
delirium
[noun]
a state of extreme mental confusion, often accompanied by confused or unclear thoughts or speech
delirious
[adjective]
having confused or unclear thoughts or speech due to fever, pain, medication, etc.
emissary
[noun]
an agent who is sent on a mission to represent someone or a group of people
to parse
[verb]
(grammar) to divide a sentence into its grammatical constituents, identifying the syntactic role of each part
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