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 |
|---|---|
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| dour | stern |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |