GRE Word List

THROES

pang

The meaning of the word throes is pang.

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hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
niggardlygrudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging
centripetalproceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis
nourishnurture
elasticcapable of recovering size and shape after deformation
dearthscarcity that makes dear
festiveof, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue
unimpeachablenot impeachable: such as