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 |
|---|---|
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| congenial | pleasant |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |