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
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
desultorymarked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
humanemarked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
deviateto stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
glazeto furnish or fit with glass