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 |
|---|---|
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| flounder | flatfish |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |