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 |
|---|---|
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |