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 |
|---|---|
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |