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 |
|---|---|
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| diadem | crown |