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 |
|---|---|
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |