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 |
|---|---|
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| grate | grating |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |