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 |
|---|---|
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| spare | not being used |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |