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 |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| dull | tedious |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |