GRE Word List

SANCTION

a formal decree

The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.

Random words

WordMeaning
inclineto bend the head or body forward : bow
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
torridparched with heat especially of the sun : hot
nauseaa stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
sovereigntysupreme power especially over a body politic
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
glaringhaving a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
betrayto lead astray