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
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
spliceto unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands
internecineof, relating to, or involving conflict within a group
perforateto make a hole through
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
manifoldmarked by diversity or variety
enclavea distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
curban edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference