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 |
|---|---|
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |