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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maula heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges
amalgama mixture of different elements
kneadto work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands
obsequiousmarked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
whima capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy
resurrectto raise from the dead
hypnosisa trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
lushgrowing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage
patinaa usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
headfirstwith the head foremost