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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dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
commemorate | to call to remembrance |
platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |