WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

); A secret marriage, a sensational divorce, and alimony--Mollie
asks nothing more of Fate! — Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby;
• (maintenance)- The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained;
They paid little more than half the expenses of their maintenance, and the
day-scholars paid threepence per week. — Lady Byron Vindicated;
connubial = conjugal : nubile : nuptial : marital^ extramarital^ premarital
• (connubial)- of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal,
( ); I believe he is pushing some connubial complaint against
me at the Court. — Vittoria — Complete;
• (conjugal)- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of marriage, ( ;
); Mandarin Ducks form a strong attachment to their partners, hence,
they are also an emblem of conjugal fidelity;
• (nubile)- (of a young woman) suitable for marriage, esp. in regard to age or
physical development; marriageable, (( ) ; ( )
); Newly separated Ginny Tait arrived in Honeycote at
around the same time - with very nubile twin daughters and an awful lot of
baggage;
• (nuptial)- of or relating to marriage or the wedding ceremony, (
); A fortnight later, on June 27, Luther celebrated his wedding in
grander style, by a nuptial feast, in order to gather his distant friends around
him. — Life of Martin Luther;
• (marital)- pertaining to marriage, ( ); I had seen all kinds
of marital relationships in my therapy practice, but nothing like this. — Pop
Goes The Weasel;
• (extramarital)- being in violation of marriage vows; adulterous,
( ); Although Jacqueline may not have known the extent
of Jack's extramarital affairs, she could not possibly have been blind to all of
it. — Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth;
• (premarital)- taking place or existing before marriage, ( ); The
purpose of her visit to Bob's office that day was to scrutinise the draft of
thepremarital agreement. — Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin;
espouse : splice : betroth = troth = affiance = engage = plight {quandary =
predicament = dilemma}
• (espouse)- to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause, (
( )); She was a faithful disciple of every cause
she espoused, and scrupulously exact in obeying even its implied
provisions. — The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké;