GRE Word List
BETROTH
to promise to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |