GRE Word List
SANCTION
a formal decree
The meaning of the word sanction is a formal decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |