GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |