GRE Word List

EXPIATE

to make amends for

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

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dialecticalof, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
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circumspectcareful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
affectedartificial; pretended
equityjustice according to natural law or right
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centripetalproceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis