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 |
|---|---|
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |