GRE Word List

SANCTION

a formal decree

The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.

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WordMeaning
quotidianoccurring every day
glutto flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
litheeasily bent or flexed
kernelthe inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut
zealeagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
implyto express indirectly
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
diversediffering from one another : unlike