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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |