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 |
|---|---|
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| diva | prima donna |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| docile | easily taught |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |