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 |
|---|---|
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |