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 |
|---|---|
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |