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 |
|---|---|
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |