GRE Word List

SANCTION

a formal decree

The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.

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WordMeaning
facilitateto make easier : help bring about
tantamountequivalent in value, significance, or effect
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
diversediffering from one another : unlike
coquettea woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men
tremulouscharacterized by or affected with trembling or tremors
effectiveproducing a decided, decisive, or desired effect
aromaticof, relating to, or having aroma:
extroverta person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction