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
transcendentexceeding usual limits : surpassing
unfetterto free from fetters
clownfarmer
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
brevityshortness of duration
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased
kindredof a similar nature or character : like