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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |