GRE Word List

VALIDATE

to make legally valid : ratify

The meaning of the word validate is to make legally valid : ratify.

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WordMeaning
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
dapperneat and trim in appearance
gruesomeinspiring horror or repulsion : grisly
deadpanmarked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression
inconsistencyan instance of being inconsistent
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
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superfluousexceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain