GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |