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

WordMeaning
ashenof, relating to, or made from ash wood
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
pendantsomething suspended: such as
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
dissipateto break up and drive off
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
shavingthe act of one that shaves
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage