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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| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
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| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
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| engender | beget |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |