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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
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| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
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| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |