GRE Word List
RATIFY
to approve and sanction formally : confirm
The meaning of the word ratify is to approve and sanction formally : confirm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| duration | continuance in time |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |