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 |
|---|---|
| egregious | conspicuous |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| asunder | into parts |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |