afférent

Meaning

relating (to), pertaining, related

Example

The file contains all the documents relating to the sale of the land.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 3 of them.

More words at level C1

• aléa hazard, uncertainty, risk
• aléatoire random, uncertain, unreliable
• ancrer to anchor, to embed, to entrench
• apanage preserve, prerogative, privilege
• avérer to prove to be, to turn out
• brider to curb, to restrain, to hold back
• carcan straitjacket, yoke, shackles
• cerner to pin down, to grasp, to define

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