GRE Word List

AFFINITY

relationship by marriage

The meaning of the word affinity is relationship by marriage.

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WordMeaning
appropriateespecially suitable or compatible : fitting
seamyhaving the rough side of the seam showing
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
remunerativeserving to remunerate
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
approbationcommendation
postmortemdone, occurring, or collected after death
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
plumba lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction