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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| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
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| brevity | shortness of duration |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |