GRE Word List

EXPIATE

to make amends for

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

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milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
impuissanceweakness
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
incisiveimpressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation)
puzzleto offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
tatterto make ragged
synopticaffording a general view of a whole