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 |
|---|---|
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |