GRE Word List
PURGATORY
an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
The meaning of the word purgatory is an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
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| whittle | a large knife |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
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| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| debut | a first appearance |