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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| raspy | harsh |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |