GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |