GRE Word List
BETROTH
become engaged to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is become engaged to marry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voyeur | Peeping Tom; person who derives sexual gratification from observing the sexual acts of others |
| douse | plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse |
| dictum | authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental, nonbinding remark (something said in passing) |
| misnomer | wrong or improper name; incorrect designation |
| inquisitive | eager for knowledge; unduly curious |
| oracular | of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; N. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oracle |
| maelstrom | violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; CF. stream |
| humility | humbleness of spirit |
| millennium | thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity |
| authoritative | having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; Ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; CF. definitive |
