GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
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| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| eventual | contingent |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |