GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |