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 |
|---|---|
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| prong | fork |
