GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| lumber | to move ponderously |