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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sirenany of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing
spliceto unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands
fleeta number of warships under a single command
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interjectionan ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as
gauntexcessively thin and angular
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