GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| engender | beget |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| paramour | lover |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |