GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| sentinel | sentry |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| dilute | attenuate |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |