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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misadventure | misfortune |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| primal | original |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |