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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WordMeaning
furtivedone in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
enlistto secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest
bumpa relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
anthropomorphicdescribed or thought of as having a human form or human attributes
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
filchto steal secretly or casually
plumpto drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea