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 |
|---|---|
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |