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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |