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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| conflagration | fire |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| pundit | pandit |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |