GRE Word List
THROES
pang
The meaning of the word throes is pang.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |