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 |
|---|---|
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |