GRE Word List

WARD

the action or process of guarding

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

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virtueconformity to a standard of right : morality
compellingthat compels: such as
gyroscopea 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
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
antidotea remedy to counteract the effects of poison
dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful
debristhe remains of something broken down or destroyed
plebeiana member of the Roman plebs
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary