GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| submerge | to put under water |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| nexus | connection |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |