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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |