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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
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| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |