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 |
|---|---|
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |