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.

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WordMeaning
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
transcendentexceeding usual limits : surpassing
hypercriticalmeticulously or excessively critical
grimfierce in disposition or action : savage
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
fracasa noisy quarrel : brawl
fraya usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute
bearingthe manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law