GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |