GRE Word List

WARD

the action or process of guarding

The meaning of the word ward is the action or process of guarding.

Random words

WordMeaning
rabidextremely violent : furious
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
botchan inflammatory sore
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
reaperone that reaps
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
blasphemythe act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God
leavena substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
perpetualcontinuing forever : everlasting