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.

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berateto scold or condemn vehemently and at length
prolongto lengthen in time : continue
magnitudegreat size or extent
panoramicof, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
forda shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow