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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| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
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| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| amend | to put right |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |