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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |