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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scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
futileserving no useful purpose : completely ineffective
warrena place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant)
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
vulgarlacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse
illicitnot permitted : unlawful
lavishexpending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
spanglea small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
animatedendowed with life or the qualities of life : alive