GRE Word List

LIEN

a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law

The meaning of the word lien is a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law.

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substantiateto give substance or form to : embody
fretto eat or gnaw into : corrode
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memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
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idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
shiftto exchange for or replace by another : change
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