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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wreak | bring about |
legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |