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 |
|---|---|
| wreak | bring about |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| rift | fissure |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |