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.
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| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |