GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| edifice | building |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |