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Gainsay
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is reverent. Does it mean:
| feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful |
| model of excellence or perfection of a kind |
Example Sentences
- Almost nobody dares to gainsay him, even when he goes over the top.
- Gainsay that your rule of law argument is sophistry.
- To gainsay that is to ignore what made this city the vibrant metropolis of today.
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gainsay
"to contradict," c.1300, lit. "say against," from O.E. gegn- "against" + say. "Solitary survival of a once common prefix" [Weekley], which was used to form such now-obsolete compounds as gain-taking "taking back again," gainclap "a counterstroke," gainbuy "redeem," and gainstand "to oppose." Related:
EXPANDGainsaid; gainsaying.
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