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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| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |