GRE Word List

THROES

pang

The meaning of the word throes is pang.

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WordMeaning
resolutionthe act or process of resolving: such as
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
sourbeing, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice
gullibleeasily duped or cheated
unprecedentedhaving no precedent : novel
fraileasily led into evil
veerto change direction or course
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances