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 |
|---|---|
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |