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 |
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knoll | a small round hill : mound |
bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
forlorn | bereft |
ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |