GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| fluke | flatfish |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |