GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |