GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| concentric | having a common center |