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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WordMeaning
canterone who uses cant: such as
divaprima donna
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
docileeasily taught
misconstrueto interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret
peripherythe perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
atrophydecrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
phlegmaticresembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food