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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WordMeaning
dynamogenerator
shama trick that deludes : hoax
illicitnot permitted : unlawful
sensualrelating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly
meleea confused struggle
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
mockto treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
suitorone that petitions or entreats