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 |
|---|---|
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| motley | variegated in color |