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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wangleto resort to trickery or devious methods
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kindleto start (a fire) burning : light
provisionalserving for the time being : temporary
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distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
deadpanmarked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression