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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| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
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| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| stilted | pompous |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
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