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
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics
destitutelacking something needed or desirable
prepossessingcreating prejudice
gratifyto be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to
genesisthe origin or coming into being of something
paroxysma fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion
morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true