GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |