GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfrock | defrock |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| ensconce | shelter |