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 |
|---|---|
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| inequity | injustice |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |