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 |
|---|---|
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |