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 |
|---|---|
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
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| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |