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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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
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
pilfersteal
abominateto hate or loathe intensely : abhor
grazeto feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton
bolta lightning stroke
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
scurvya disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes
sluran insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion
hoverto position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it