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.

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WordMeaning
appeasepacify
queasycausing nausea
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior
spuriousborn to parents not married to each other
extenuateto lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate
irksometending to irk : tedious
trothloyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity
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qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
outmodednot being in style