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 |
|---|---|
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |