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GIST
(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument", "the heart and soul of the Republican Party", "the nub of the story"
synonyms : center , centre , core , essence , heart , heart and soul , inwardness , kernel , marrow , meat , nitty-gritty , nub , pith , substance , sumWe finally understood the pith of his argument. -added by naila_inlas
The marrow of the lawyer's argument was that the defendant had committed the crime and needed to be punished severely. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
synonyms : burden , core , effect , essence
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Mnemonics for gist
(Tag: ) gist..sounds very similar to list.....SO your lecturer is asking you to LIST OUT THE MAIN POINTS of the paragraph.
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