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 |
|---|---|
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |