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.
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tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
effluvium | an invisible emanation |
piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
vendetta | blood feud |
attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |