GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |