GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
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|---|---|
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| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
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| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
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