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 |
|---|---|
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| provident | frugal |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |