GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |