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 |
|---|---|
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |