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 |
|---|---|
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |