GRE Word List
THROES
pang
The meaning of the word throes is pang.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |