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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sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
uninhibitedfree from inhibition
unconscionableshockingly unfair or unjust
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
humorthat quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality
polarof or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it
vociferousmarked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
cerebralof or relating to the brain or the intellect
withholdto hold back from action : check