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 |
|---|---|
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| dour | stern |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |