GRE Word List
COLLATERAL
property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender
The meaning of the word collateral is property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| mystic | mystical |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
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| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
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