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.

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WordMeaning
bohemiana native or inhabitant of Bohemia
mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
prateto talk long and idly : chatter
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
contusioninjury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
bewitchto influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
effronteryshameless boldness : insolence
anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident