Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Today's Vocabulary Word

Another MAT term:




Affinity  (uh-fin-i-tee)




An affinity is a feeling of shared attraction, kinship, or a similarity. Also, it can signify a person, thing, idea, etc., for which a natural liking or attraction is felt.


The couple did not argue over who controlled their television's "remote" because they had a nearly perfect affinity toward the same shows.




(Sources: Mastering the Miller Analogies Test, Arco, 2006; http://www.milleranalogies.com/; http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/affinity)


Compiled by Otto Ladensack for Patricia Ladensack

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