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 |
|---|---|
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| rider | one that rides |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |