Sentence:  Day after day passed away without bringing any other tidings of him than the report which shortly prevailed in Meryton of his coming no more to Netherfield the whole winter; a report which highly incensed Mrs. Bennet, and which she never failed to <WSD>contradict</WSD> as a most scandalous falsehood. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).