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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |