GRE Word List
COUNTERMAND
to revoke (a command) by a contrary order
The meaning of the word countermand is to revoke (a command) by a contrary order.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |