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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graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
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implode | to burst inward |
ravenous | rapacious |
myriad | ten thousand |
pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
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debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
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