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 |
|---|---|
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |