GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| privy | private |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |