GRE Word List
THROES
pang
The meaning of the word throes is pang.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |