GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| peerless | matchless |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| dally | to act playfully |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| retribution | recompense |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |