GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |