GRE Word List
GAINSAY
to declare to be untrue or invalid
The meaning of the word gainsay is to declare to be untrue or invalid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |