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 |
|---|---|
| noisome | noxious |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| lode | waterway |
| polity | political organization |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| strew | to spread by scattering |