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 |
|---|---|
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| vixen | a female fox |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| coin | corner |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| drab | slattern |
