GRE Word List
BETROTH
to promise to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| sybarite | voluptuary |