GRE Word List
AFFINITY
relationship by marriage
The meaning of the word affinity is relationship by marriage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| fleck | streak |