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 |
|---|---|
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |