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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| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
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| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |