GRE Word List
ALIMONY
an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce
The meaning of the word alimony is an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| lax | loose |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| aloft | at or to a great height |