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 |
|---|---|
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |