GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
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|---|---|
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
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| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
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