GRE Word List

BETROTH

to promise to marry

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

Random words

WordMeaning
falsifyto prove or declare false : disprove
promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
panegyrica eulogistic oration or writing
predecessorone that precedes
appeasepacify
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
spasmodicrelating to or affected or characterized by spasm
unintimidatingnot causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating