GRE Word List

SANCTION

a formal decree

The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.

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WordMeaning
indemnifyto secure against hurt, loss, or damage
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
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ebbthe reflux of the tide toward the sea
metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
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irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile