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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| overwhelm | upset |
| imbue | endow |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |