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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exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
ration | a food allowance for one day |
wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
prong | fork |