GRE Word List
TUTELAGE
instruction especially of an individual
The meaning of the word tutelage is instruction especially of an individual.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |