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 |
|---|---|
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |