GRE Word List
BETROTH
to promise to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| stilted | pompous |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |