GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |