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 |
|---|---|
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| microcosm | a little world |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |