GRE Word List
TUTELARY
having the guardianship of a person or a thing
The meaning of the word tutelary is having the guardianship of a person or a thing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |