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 |
|---|---|
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |