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 |
|---|---|
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| trample | tramp |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |