GRE Word List

FLOE

floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water

The meaning of the word floe is floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water.

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contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
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withstandto stand up against : oppose with firm determination
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multiplicitythe quality or state of being multiple or various
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity
satellitea celestial body orbiting another of larger size
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premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference