GRE Word List

SANCTION

a formal decree

The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.

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prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
sluggishaverse to activity or exertion : indolent
dallyto act playfully
constituenta member of a constituency
pryto look closely or inquisitively
avertto turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
forteone's strong point
mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument