GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expiate | to make amends for |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |