GRE Word List
LIMBO
an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
The meaning of the word limbo is an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism.
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| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |