GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |