GRE Word List
RATIFY
approve formally; confirm; verify
The meaning of the word ratify is approve formally; confirm; verify.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exuberance | overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; ADJ. exuberant: high-spirited and lively; growing abundantly and strongly |
| discursive | (of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan) |
| turncoat | traitor |
| mentor | counselor; teacher |
| codicil | supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will |
| mote | small speck (esp. of dust) |
| commiserate | feel or express pity or sympathy for |
| lilliputian | extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels |
| perverse | purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex. perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity |
| jaunty | cheerful and pleased with life; lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree; dapper in appearance; Ex. jaunty person/hat |
