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.

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ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
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mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
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solicitorone that solicits
insensatelacking sense or understanding
flutterto flap the wings rapidly
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orgysecret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing
tarnishto dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil