GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| venue | locale |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |