GRE Word List

GIST

essence; main point; substance

The meaning of the word gist is essence; main point; substance.

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WordMeaning
apexthe uppermost point : vertex
floefloating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water
redundantexceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous
randoma haphazard course
resilientcharacterized or marked by resilience: such as
threshto separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
jesta joking or mocking remark
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect