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 |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |