GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |