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 |
|---|---|
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| dingy | dirty |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |