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 |
|---|---|
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |