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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WordMeaning
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
underscoreto draw a line under : underline
carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
loatheto dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest
dilapidateddecayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse
tonsurethe Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head
supersedeto cause to be set aside
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin