GRE Word List
ASCERTAIN
to find out or learn with certainty
The meaning of the word ascertain is to find out or learn with certainty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| hallowed | holy |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |