GRE Word List
THROES
pang
The meaning of the word throes is pang.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| gyroscope | a 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 |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |