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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |