GRE Word List
BETROTH
to promise to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.
Random words
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| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| clime | climate |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |