GRE Word List

SANCTION

a formal decree

The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.

Random words

WordMeaning
humanemarked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
untenablenot able to be defended
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
buxomvigorously or healthily plump
expoundto set forth : state
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
predecessorone that precedes
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
effronteryshameless boldness : insolence
exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe