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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |