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 |
|---|---|
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |