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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| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
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| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
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