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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| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
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| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
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| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |