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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| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
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| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
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| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| addle | rotten |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |