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 |
|---|---|
| tome | book |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| welter | writhe |
| seemly | good-looking |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |