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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| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
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