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 |
|---|---|
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
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