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 |
|---|---|
| desperate | having lost hope |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| puerile | juvenile |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |