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 |
|---|---|
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| microcosm | a little world |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |