GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
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|---|---|
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
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| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
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| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |