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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| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
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| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
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| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
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