GRE Word List

SANCTION

a formal decree

The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.

Random words

WordMeaning
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
automatona mechanism that is relatively self-operating
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
defiancethe act or an instance of defying : challenge
mashto reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
sentinelsentry
piedof two or more colors in blotches
diluteattenuate
incisiveimpressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation)