GRE Word List
UPSHOT
the final result : outcome
The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fell | skin |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| pungent | sharply painful |