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 |
|---|---|
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| trappings | outward signs |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |