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 |
|---|---|
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| significant | having meaning |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |