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 |
|---|---|
| evince | show clearly |
| miscreant | wretch; wrongdoer; villain; Ex. kindness to the miscreant; CF. believe |
| institutionalize | make into an institution; put or confine in an institution |
| predilection | preference; partiality |
| pariah | social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah |
| felicity | happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous |
| vanguard | forerunners; foremost position of an army; advance forces; foremost position in a trend or movement; CF. rearguard |
| wanderlust | strong longing to travel |
| delusion | false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that |
| knell | tolling of a bell especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc.; sound of the funeral bell; V. |