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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|---|---|
| piscatorial | piscatory |
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| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| contrive | devise |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
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| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |