GRE Word List

SUCCOR

relief

The meaning of the word succor is relief.

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WordMeaning
coercionthe act, process, or power of coercing
outstripto go faster or farther than
laitythe people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
flutedhaving or marked by grooves
theoreticalexisting only in theory : hypothetical
understateto represent as less than is the case
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
claspa device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together