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 |
|---|---|
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |