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 |
|---|---|
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| convention | agreement |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |