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 |
|---|---|
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| potentate | ruler |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |