GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| poise | balance |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |