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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |