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 |
|---|---|
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| distend | extend |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |