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 |
|---|---|
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |