GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |