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 |
|---|---|
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| conspire | plot |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |