GRE Word List

PURGE

to clear of guilt

The meaning of the word purge is to clear of guilt.

Random words

WordMeaning
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
sapthe fluid part of a plant
parvenuone that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
encomiasticone that praises : eulogist
murmura half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
cosmicof or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone
irreproachablenot reproachable : blameless