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 |
|---|---|
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| brook | creek |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |