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 |
|---|---|
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| congenial | pleasant |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| violate | break |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |