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 |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
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| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |