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 |
|---|---|
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| sibling | sib |