GRE Word List
RESORT
one that affords aid or refuge : resource
The meaning of the word resort is one that affords aid or refuge : resource.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| whittle | a large knife |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |