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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| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
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| pilfer | steal |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
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| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
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