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 |
|---|---|
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| intermediary | mediator |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| warrant | sanction |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |