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 |
|---|---|
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| scion | descendant |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |