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 |
|---|---|
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |