GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| brazen | made of brass |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |