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 |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |