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 |
|---|---|
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |