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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qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
historicalof, relating to, or having the character of history
theoreticalexisting only in theory : hypothetical
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
minutethe 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
triflinglacking in significance or solid worth: such as
malodoroushaving a bad odor