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 |
|---|---|
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |