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 |
|---|---|
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| condign | deserved |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| gruel | a thin porridge |