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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| monotony | tedious sameness |