GRE Word List

EXPIATE

to make amends for

The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.

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WordMeaning
bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
bogwet spongy ground
sojourna temporary stay
partisana firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
bumpa relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
placateto soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds