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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nourish | nurture |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |