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 |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| irate | roused to ire |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |