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 |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| leave-taking | departure |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |