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
spoilsportone who spoils the sport or pleasure of others
lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue
supplecompliant often to the point of obsequiousness
candorunreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies
pendantsomething suspended: such as
commemorateto call to remembrance
sagaciousof keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning
infernalof or relating to a nether world of the dead