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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WordMeaning
despondentfeeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
puerilejuvenile
ambidextroususing both hands with equal ease or dexterity
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
culverta transverse drain
entrancepower or permission to enter : admission
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
discrepancythe quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete