GRE Word List
PURGE
to clear of guilt
The meaning of the word purge is to clear of guilt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| appease | pacify |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |