GRE Word List
THROB
to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity
The meaning of the word throb is to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |