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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| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| quench | put out |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| irate | roused to ire |