GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
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| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
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| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
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| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |