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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| Word | Meaning |
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| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| spoof | deceive |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| 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 |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| forebears | ancestor |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |