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 |
|---|---|
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |