GRE Word List

UPSHOT

the final result : outcome

The meaning of the word upshot is the final result : outcome.

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WordMeaning
choreographythe art of symbolically representing dancing
abodethe place where one lives : home
canterone who uses cant: such as
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
sordidmarked by baseness or grossness : vile
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
arbitrateto act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both
haplesshaving no luck : unfortunate
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
cantankerousdifficult or irritating to deal with