GRE Word List
AFFINITY
relationship by marriage
The meaning of the word affinity is relationship by marriage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |