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 |
|---|---|
| sportive | frolicsome |
| writ | something written : writing |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
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| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |