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 |
|---|---|
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |