GRE Word List

RECOURSE

a turning to someone or something for help or protection

The meaning of the word recourse is a turning to someone or something for help or protection.

Random words

WordMeaning
spruceto make spruce
unbridledunrestrained
exceptwith the exclusion or exception of
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defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
incantationa use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
rivuleta small stream
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grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness