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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groovea long narrow channel or depression
floridvery flowery in style : ornate
vainhaving or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited
dilettantea person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
pacifyto allay the anger or agitation of : soothe
impecunioushaving very little or no money usually habitually : penniless
crypticsecret
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)