GRE Word List
ASCERTAIN
find out for certain; make certain
The meaning of the word ascertain is find out for certain; make certain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venue | location; place (of a crime, trial, gathering, etc.); CF. come |
| wrest | obtain by pulling violently; pull away; take by violence; Ex. wrest victory from their grasp |
| soluble | able to be dissolved in a liquid; able to be worked out or solved |
| capitulate | surrender; give up all resistance |
| kneel | go down on one's knee(s) |
| arbitrary | unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler |
| intimate | hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; Ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N: close friend or confidant; CF. intimacy |
| arboreal | of or living in trees |
| pathos | tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings; Ex. pathos that runs through the novel |
| adorn | decorate |
