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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yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
unseemly | not seemly: such as |
dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
notch | a V-shaped indentation |
slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |