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.

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WordMeaning
piscatorialpiscatory
travestya debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation
primpto dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner
malignanttending to produce death or deterioration
uniquebeing the only one : sole
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
appositehighly pertinent or appropriate : apt
sadisticof, relating to, or characterized by sadism
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature