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 |
|---|---|
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| malediction | curse |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |