GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| collected | gathered together |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |