GRE Word List
THROES
pang
The meaning of the word throes is pang.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |