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 |
|---|---|
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |