GRE Word List

THROES

pang

The meaning of the word throes is pang.

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WordMeaning
vagabonda person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life
cadeta younger brother or son
causalexpressing or indicating cause : causative
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
gallowsa frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged
analgesican agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia
triflinglacking in significance or solid worth: such as
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
trepidationa nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
buxomvigorously or healthily plump