GRE Word List
AFFINITY
relationship by marriage
The meaning of the word affinity is relationship by marriage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| opus | work |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |