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 |
|---|---|
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| occident | west |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |