GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| fell | skin |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |