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 |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |