GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| reverberate | reflect |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |