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 |
|---|---|
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |