GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |