GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |