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 |
|---|---|
| wanton | merciless |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| compartment | a separate division or section |