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 |
|---|---|
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| nourishment | food |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |