GRE Word List

EXPIATE

to make amends for

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

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WordMeaning
paroxysma fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion
funerealof or relating to a funeral
indictto charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode
purveyorone that purveys
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
celerityrapidity of motion or action
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
glutto flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand