GRE Word List

THROES

pang

The meaning of the word throes is pang.

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wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
defectan imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
intoxicateto excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished
ingenioushaving or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving
evinceto constitute outward evidence of
yoretime past and especially long past
maladroitlacking adroitness : inept
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together