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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WordMeaning
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
tangentialtouching lightly : incidental
warrena place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant)
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
disgorgeto discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
myriadten thousand
blueof the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter