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 |
|---|---|
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| demure | reserved |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |