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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affrontto insult especially to the face by behavior or language
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
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prodigiouscausing amazement or wonder
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness
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remoteseparated by an interval or space greater than usual
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embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
lumenthe cavity of a tubular organ or part