GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |