GRE Word List
FLOTSAM
floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo
The meaning of the word flotsam is floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
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| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| prattle | prate |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| fete | festival |
| occident | west |