GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| cataclysm | flood |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| dynamo | generator |