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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| grudging | unwilling |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| exegesis | exposition |