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 |
|---|---|
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| welter | writhe |