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

WordMeaning
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
graciousmarked by kindness and courtesy
alleviaterelieve
frigidintensely cold
catharsispurification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art
cornicethe molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable