GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| dynamo | generator |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |