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 |
|---|---|
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| haggard | not tamed |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |