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 |
|---|---|
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| application | an act of applying: |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| peerless | matchless |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |