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 |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| lax | loose |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |