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 |
|---|---|
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| obscure | dark |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |