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 |
|---|---|
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |