GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
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|---|---|
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| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| condole | grieve |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
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| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |