GRE Word List
GIST
essence; main point; substance
The meaning of the word gist is essence; main point; substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |