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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| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |