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 |
|---|---|
| pitfall | trap |
| feint | something feigned |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |