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 |
|---|---|
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |