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 |
|---|---|
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| oversee | survey |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| cursive | running |