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.

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WordMeaning
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
subsistencereal being : existence
constituenta member of a constituency
irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
ovationa 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
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
barragea dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
feintsomething feigned