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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knottymarked by or full of knots
mishapan unfortunate accident
placidserenely free of interruption or disturbance
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
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denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
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