GRE Word List

ATONE

to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome

The meaning of the word atone is to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome.

Random words

WordMeaning
rudimentaryconsisting in first principles : fundamental
aspirantone who aspires
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
collateto compare critically
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
executorone who executes something
defrockto deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work