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 |
|---|---|
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |