GRE Word List
SALINE
consisting of or containing salt
The meaning of the word saline is consisting of or containing salt.
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| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |