GRE Word List
BETROTH
to promise to marry
The meaning of the word betroth is to promise to marry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |