GRE Word List

PANG

a brief piercing spasm of pain

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

Random words

WordMeaning
necromancyconjuration (see conjure
ghastlyterrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
ferventvery hot : glowing
behemotha mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God
consternationamazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
spatefreshet
licensepermission to act
inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
symmetrybalanced proportions