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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |