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 |
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standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état |
poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
demolition | the act of demolishing |
hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
requite | to make return for : repay |
molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |