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 |
|---|---|
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| enhance | heighten |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |