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Monday, November 28, 2016

Random GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST 41

Random GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST

collateral

Collateral

 

Meaning :
security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters
(noun) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

Sentence :
They put up their home as collateral.

Synonyms :
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Antonyms :
chief, direct, main, primary, principal

Mnemonic Technique 1 :
When you give a loan to someone and he doesnot return the money what will you do??? You'll call him repeatedly but he will say "CALL LATER". To avoid this scene, you will take some kind of security such as property, jewellery...

Mnemonic Technique 2 :
REMEMBER THE MOVIE COLLATERAL DAMAGE... damages are caused if security is not proper.... so easily remember.. its security given for loan...

More Examples :
"cousins are collateral relatives", "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
"collateral ridges of mountains"