GRE Word List

EXPIATE

to make amends for

The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.

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WordMeaning
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
irksometending to irk : tedious
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
outlooka place offering a view
abodethe place where one lives : home
malingererto pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
enthrallto hold spellbound : charm
motilitythe quality or state of being motile : capability of movement
inverseopposite in order, nature, or effect
facadethe front of a building