GRE Word List

SANCTION

a formal decree

The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.

Random words

WordMeaning
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
pedantone who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
shuffleto mix in a mass confusedly : jumble
flusterto put into a state of agitated confusion : upset
deifyto make a god of
tenancya holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate
vacillateto waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
insouciantlighthearted unconcern : nonchalance
tentativenot fully worked out or developed
maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful