GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| historic | historical |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |