GRE Word List
GIST
essence; main point; substance
The meaning of the word gist is essence; main point; substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| affected | artificial; pretended |