GRE Word List

THROES

pang

The meaning of the word throes is pang.

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determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
bombastpretentious inflated speech or writing
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
barda tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds
hivea container for housing honeybees
haltingmarked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness