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 |
|---|---|
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| drab | slattern |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| afterlife | an existence after death |