GRE Word List
BETROTH
to promise to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
---|---|
handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |