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 |
|---|---|
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |