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 |
|---|---|
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |