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 |
|---|---|
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| license | permission to act |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |