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 |
|---|---|
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| puerile | juvenile |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |