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 |
|---|---|
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| prattle | prate |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |