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 |
|---|---|
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |