GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| executor | one who executes something |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| forebears | ancestor |