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.
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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 |