GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |