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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |