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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |