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 |
|---|---|
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| throes | pang |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |