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 |
|---|---|
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| feint | something feigned |