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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cardinala high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college
intrinsicbelonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing
empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
indictto charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law
verisimilitudethe quality or state of being verisimilar
shadecomparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light
platitudethe quality or state of being dull or insipid
rostera roll or list of personnel
ingratiateto gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort
impartialnot partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally