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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WordMeaning
repastsomething taken as food : meal
mollycoddleto treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
indissolublenot dissoluble
progenitoran ancestor in the direct line : forefather
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
redoubtablecausing fear or alarm : formidable
fecundityfruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
lancea steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
pariaha member of a low caste of southern India