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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| malediction | curse |