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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invidiousof an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious
puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
nattytrimly neat and tidy : smart
confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses
mitigateto cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify
ligneousof or resembling wood
ratiocinationthe process of exact thinking : reasoning
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
asteroidany of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter