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 |
|---|---|
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| flighty | swift |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |