GRE Word List
BETROTH
to promise to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| condign | deserved |
| clime | climate |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |