GRE Word List
GIST
essence; main point; substance
The meaning of the word gist is essence; main point; substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| reverie | daydream |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |