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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| ramification | branch |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
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| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |