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 |
|---|---|
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| groom | bridegroom |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |