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 |
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confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
passive | acted upon by an external agency |
memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |