GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitous | precipitate |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |