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 |
|---|---|
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
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| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |