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
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
pestlea usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
wantonmerciless
figurinea small carved or molded figure : statuette
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
rebateto reduce the force or activity of : diminish
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
disinterestednot having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature