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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idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
crevicea narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure
surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
lagone that lags or is last
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
whimsywhim
pietythe quality or state of being pious: such as
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
bristlinga short stiff coarse hair or filament
suspendto debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function