GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| dally | to act playfully |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| forte | one's strong point |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |