glasshouse - A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions.
Synonyms: greenhouse, nursery
Usage: This kind of plant is very delicate and needs to be grown in a glasshouse.
repast - The food served and eaten at one time.
Synonyms: meal
Usage: Numerous exquisite dishes ... were placed successively before the guests, and the richest wines of France flowed in profusion during this splendid repast.
diadem - An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty.
Synonyms: crown
Usage: Standing upright within the chariot was a beautiful girl clothed in flowing robes of silver gauze and wearing a jeweled diadem upon her dainty head.
drudge - A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
Usage: Picking up after my ungrateful kids every day makes me feel like little more than a household drudge.
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