GRE Word List

THROES

pang

The meaning of the word throes is pang.

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contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
bluffhaving a broad flattened front
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
rusticof, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural
vicaran ecclesiastical agent: such as
glibshowing little forethought or preparation : offhand
curfewthe sounding of a bell at evening
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable
supplantto supersede (another) especially by force or treachery