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::: affinity - feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages
::: prudent - cautious; careful; prudential
::: genuflect - bend the knee as in worship
::: cohere - stick together
::: indelible - not able to be erased
::: carat - (karat) unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold
::: piebald - of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald
::: laborious - demanding much work or care; tedious
::: amicable - peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement
::: probe - explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe