GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |