GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| scotch | scottish |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |