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 |
|---|---|
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| queasy | causing nausea |