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 |
|---|---|
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| engender | beget |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |