GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |