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 |
|---|---|
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| spare | not being used |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |