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 |
|---|---|
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
