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 |
|---|---|
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |