GRE Word List
EXPURGATE
to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous
The meaning of the word expurgate is to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| fell | skin |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| sear | being dried and withered |