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 |
|---|---|
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |