GRE Word List
THROES
pang
The meaning of the word throes is pang.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| arid | excessively dry |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |