GRE Word List
BETROTH
to promise to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.
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| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
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| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
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