GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |