GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| deify | to make a god of |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |