GRE Word List
FLORESCENCE
a state or period of flourishing
The meaning of the word florescence is a state or period of flourishing.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| opus | work |