GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
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| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |