GRE Word List

AFFINITY

relationship by marriage

The meaning of the word affinity is relationship by marriage.

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marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
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adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
severitythe quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh
inarticulateincapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings
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pilfersteal
rudimentaryconsisting in first principles : fundamental
exorbitantnot coming within the scope of the law
dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed