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 |
|---|---|
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| expatriate | banish |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |