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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppliant | supplicant |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| amend | to put right |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |