GRE Word List
GIST
essence; main point; substance
The meaning of the word gist is essence; main point; substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| lewd | obscene |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |