GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
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| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
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| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
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| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
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