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 |
|---|---|
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| acclaim | applaud |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |