GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |