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 |
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| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| writ | something written : writing |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |