GRE Word List
ATONE
make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for
The meaning of the word atone is make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unceremonious | not done politely without due formalities |
| prone | inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone |
| manipulate | operate with one's hands; control or play upon (people, forces, etc.) artfully; maneuver; Ex. how to manipulate publicity and men; ADJ. manipulative |
| vitreous | of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; V. vitrify: change into glass; CF. petrify |
| waggish | humorous; mischievous; tricky |
| recuperate | recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses |
| murky | dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague; Ex. murky night/fog; N. murk: partial or complete darkness; gloom |
| jaundiced | yellowed; prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye |
| subservient | behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience |
| secular | worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion; temporal |
