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 |
|---|---|
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |