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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| cohorts | companion |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |