GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |