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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WordMeaning
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
ephemerallasting a very short time
blemishto spoil by a flaw
commemorateto call to remembrance
infiltrateto enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes
elaborateplanned or carried out with great care
enterprisea project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
forwardnear, being at, or belonging to the forepart