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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|---|---|
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| violate | break |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |