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 |
|---|---|
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |