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 |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |