GRE Word List

EXPIATE

to make amends for

The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.

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WordMeaning
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
detachedstanding by itself : separate
resignrelegate
irremediablenot remediable
acclivityan ascending slope (as of a hill)
stupora condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration