GRE Word List
GIST
essence; main point; substance
The meaning of the word gist is essence; main point; substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |