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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| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
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| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
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