GRE Word List
BETROTH
to promise to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| ignite | to set afire |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |