GRE Word List
CONSERVATORY
a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants
The meaning of the word conservatory is a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |