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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elicitto call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
impotentnot potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless
stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
zealeagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
tertiaryof third rank, importance, or value
braga pompous or boastful statement
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
dramaa composition (see composition
rhapsodizeto speak or write in a rhapsodic manner