GRE Word List
HORTICULTURAL
the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
The meaning of the word horticultural is the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants.
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effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
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fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
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