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 |
|---|---|
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |