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 |
|---|---|
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |