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 |
|---|---|
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |