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 |
|---|---|
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| arid | excessively dry |
| dynamo | generator |
| random | a haphazard course |