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 |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| cohorts | companion |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |