GRE Word List
FLORA
a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period
The meaning of the word flora is a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period.
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| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |