GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ram | a male sheep |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| irate | roused to ire |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |