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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |