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 |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |