GRE Word List

EXPIATE

to make amends for

The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.

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ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
plumea feather of a bird: such as
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apotheosisthe perfect form or example of something : quintessence
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