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 |
|---|---|
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |