GRE Word List
THROES
pang
The meaning of the word throes is pang.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |