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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moresthe fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
quixoticfoolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe
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antagonismopposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle
plebeiana member of the Roman plebs
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