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
corollarya proposition (see proposition
juxtaposeto place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
sensuousof or relating to the senses or sensible objects
awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable
putrefyto make putrid
levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
siderealof, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral
determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy