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 |
|---|---|
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |