GRE Word List

THROES

pang

The meaning of the word throes is pang.

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WordMeaning
emblazonto inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
foppishfoolish
conglomerationthe act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
pecuniaryconsisting of or measured in money
dissolutionthe act or process of dissolving: such as
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush