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 |
|---|---|
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |