GRE Word List
GIST
essence; main point; substance
The meaning of the word gist is essence; main point; substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| charlatan | quack |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |