GRE Word List
SALINE
consisting of or containing salt
The meaning of the word saline is consisting of or containing salt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |