Related Words for gist

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sum
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Noun, Noun
effect
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Noun, Noun
substance
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Noun, Noun
inwardness
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Noun, Noun
essence
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Noun, Noun
kernel
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Noun, Noun
heart
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Noun, Noun
center
/x
Noun, Noun
burden
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Noun, Noun
nub
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Noun, Noun
meat
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Noun, Noun
pith
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Noun, Noun
core
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Noun, Noun
marrow
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Noun, Noun
upshot
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Noun
summary
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Noun
specifics
x/x
Noun
explanation
xx/x
Noun
nutshell
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Noun
snippet
/x
Noun
synopsis
x/x
Noun
article
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Noun
paraphrase
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Noun
description
x/x
Noun
summarize
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Verb
explication
xx/x
Noun
subtext
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Noun
story
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Noun
recap
/x
Noun
verbatim
x/x
Adjective
crux
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Noun
succinct
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Adjective
implication
xx/x
Noun
summation
x/x
Noun
excerpt
/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun
idea
x/x
Noun
tidbit
/x
Noun
particulars
x/xx
Noun
details
x/
Noun
rationale
xx/
Noun
exact
x/
Adjective
blurb
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Noun
summarise
/x/
Verb
nuance
/x
Noun
verbiage
/xx
Noun
entirety
x/xx
Noun
reasoning
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Noun
brief
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Adjective
point
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Noun
anecdote
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Noun
understand
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Verb
whole
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Noun
oversimplified
xx/xx
Adjective
overarching
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Adjective
overview
/xx
Noun
rephrase
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Verb
argument
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Noun
what
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Adverb, Noun
irony
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Noun
headline
/x
Noun
picture
/x
Noun
premise
/x
Noun
caveat
/xx
Noun
elaboration
xxx/x
Noun
basic
/x
Adjective
rest
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Noun
preamble
x/x
Noun
summarising
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Verb
digression
x/x
Noun
this
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Adverb, Noun
sentence
/x
Noun
nugget
/x
Noun
phrase
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Noun
wordy
/x
Adjective
meaning
/x
Noun
backstory
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Noun
surmise
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Noun
the long and short
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Phrase, Noun
sum and substance
///x
Phrase, Noun
principle
/xx
Noun
subject matter
x//x
Phrase, Noun
essentials
x/x
Noun
theme
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Noun
germ
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Noun
focus
/x
Noun
focal
/x
Adjective
message
/x
Noun
maxim
/x
Noun
title
/x
Noun
root
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Noun
content
/x
Noun
incipit
x/x
Noun
stem
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Noun
base
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Noun
grammar
/x
Noun
concept
/x
Noun
definition
xx/x
Noun
thesis
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Noun
basis
/x
Noun
string
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Noun
element
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Noun
limit
/x
Noun
tenor
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Noun
motto
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Noun
topos
/x
Noun
letter
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Noun
term
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Noun
thing
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Noun
text
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Noun
fact
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Noun
more
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Adjective
stress
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Noun
substantive
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Adjective
etymology
xx/xx
Noun
accent
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Noun
depth
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Noun
light
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Noun
subject
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Noun
abstract
x/
Name
radix
/x
Noun
theory
/x
Noun
corpus
/x
Noun
token
/x
Noun
sense
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Noun
spirit
/x
Noun
form
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Noun
medium
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Noun
information
xx/x
Noun
riddle
/x
Noun
mark
/
Noun
general
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Noun
voice
/
Noun
gloss
/
Noun
first principles
//xx
Phrase, Noun
intensive
x/x
Adjective
aphorism
/xxx
Noun
common ground
/x/
Phrase, Noun
point of reference
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Phrase, Noun
signification
/xx/x
Noun
termination
xx/x
Noun
primitive
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Adjective
predicate
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Noun
analysis
x/xx
Noun
fava
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Noun
tirade
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Noun
radiant
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Adjective
offense
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Noun
conversation
xx/x
Noun
remarks
x/
Noun
offence
x/
Noun
metastatic
x//x
Adjective
elemental
xx/x
Adjective
reply
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Noun
complaint
x/
Noun
encoding
x/x
Noun
restate
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Verb
sermon
/x
Noun
relayed
/x
Verb
cabled
/x
Verb
telegram
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Noun
paragraph
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Noun
contention
x/x
Noun
pamphlet
/x
Noun
objection
x/x
Noun
captures
/x
Verb
peterson
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Name
bennett
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Name
lecture
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Noun
grasp
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Verb
stevens
/x
Name
talk
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Noun
aim
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Noun, Verb
antithesis
x/xx
Noun
blueprint
/x
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bulk
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
crucial
/x
Adjective
declarative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
denominator
x/xxx
Noun
desideratum
xx/xx
Noun
exemplar
x/x
Noun, Adjective
gasoline
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Noun, Adjective
hypostasis
xx/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
key
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
nature
/x
Noun, Verb
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
petrol
/x
Noun, Verb
postulates
/xx
Noun, Verb
precept
/x
Noun, Verb
preconscious
x/x
Adjective, Noun
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
psychotropic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
purport
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Verb, Noun
purpose
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Noun, Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quintessence
x/x
Noun, Verb
rote
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
spiritual
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
stuff
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Noun, Verb
sustenance
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Noun
synthesis
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Noun
team
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Noun, Verb
thereof
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Adverb
thrust
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Noun, Verb
vaguest
/x
Adjective, Noun
veridical
xxxx
Adjective
tell
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Verb, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
anymore
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Adverb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
save
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Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
backwater
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Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
chunk
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Noun, Verb