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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exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe
itinerarythe route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
satyra sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry
piecemealone piece at a time : gradually
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use