GRE Word List

PANG

a brief piercing spasm of pain

The meaning of the word pang is a brief piercing spasm of pain.

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WordMeaning
dispiritedto deprive of morale or enthusiasm
enigmasomething hard to understand or explain
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
defameto harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel
prologuethe preface or introduction to a literary work
supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
generalitythe quality or state of being general
lollto hang loosely or laxly : droop
knitto form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles