GRE Word List

BETROTH

to promise to marry

The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.

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WordMeaning
irremediablenot remediable
urchinhedgehog
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
venalcapable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
inductiveof, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction
slewa large number
prominentstanding out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill