GRE Word List
EXPIATE
to make amends for
The meaning of the word expiate is to make amends for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |