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 |
|---|---|
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| brawny | muscular |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |