GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |