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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urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
plane | airplane |
extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |