GRE Word List
BETROTH
to promise to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| prattle | prate |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |