GRE Word List

RATIFY

to approve and sanction formally : confirm

The meaning of the word ratify is to approve and sanction formally : confirm.

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WordMeaning
acknowledgeto recognize the rights, authority, or status of
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
gustatoryrelating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste
laggardlagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind
rentproperty (such as a house) rented or for rent
cloyingdisgusting or distasteful by reason of excess
disinterestednot having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use