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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| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |