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 |
|---|---|
| score | twenty |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| lode | waterway |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |