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 |
|---|---|
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| spoof | deceive |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |