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 |
|---|---|
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| braid | to make from braids |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |