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 |
|---|---|
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| gazette | newspaper |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |