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 |
|---|---|
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| welter | writhe |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |