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.

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WordMeaning
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
inebriateone who is drunk
insidioushaving a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
combustiblecapable of combustion
idolatrythe worship of a physical object as a god
lavishexpending or bestowing profusely : prodigal