GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |