GRE Word List
WARRANT
sanction
The meaning of the word warrant is sanction.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |