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 |
|---|---|
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| clown | farmer |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| hardy | bold |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |