GRE Word List

THROES

pang

The meaning of the word throes is pang.

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WordMeaning
mealymouthednot plain and straightforward : devious
incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
umbragea feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
anemiaa condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume
vendorone that vends : seller
unfrockdefrock
passepast one's prime
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
repositorya place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is but one God