GRE Word List
GIST
essence; main point; substance
The meaning of the word gist is essence; main point; substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bliss | complete happiness |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |