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 |
|---|---|
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |