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 |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| privy | private |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |