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 |
|---|---|
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| occident | west |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |