GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| enduring | lasting |