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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| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
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