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
incriminateto charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault
sounda particular auditory impression : tone
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality
rapaciousexcessively grasping or covetous
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
phyluma direct line of descent within a group
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
occultto shut off from view or exposure : cover