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 |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| attentive | mindful |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| drivel | nonsense |