GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |