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

WordMeaning
cachea hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements
capricea sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
drabslattern
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
missilecapable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object
rapporta friendly, harmonious relationship
scrapsfragments of discarded or leftover food
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group