GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |