GRE Word List
THROES
pang
The meaning of the word throes is pang.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| pharisee | a 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 |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |