Vocabulary Word
Word: atone
Definition: make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for
Definition: make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for
Sentences Containing 'atone'
Their society can afford no pleasure that will atone for such wretchedness as this!
His boots were brand new, and fitted me genteelly; and I put them on and sunk my old shoes in the creek, to atone for them.
Alas, what would become of me who can only atone for evil by doing good?''
Deeply as I have sinned, I have led a life of martyrdom to atone for it.
More Vocab Words
::: disparate - basically different; impossible to compare; unrelated::: commune - small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature
::: sentinel - sentry; lookout
::: invert - turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position or condition of
::: explicit - totally clear; definite; outspoken
::: plaintive - expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song
::: elegy - poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal, elegiac
::: dire - warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food
::: nemesis - someone seeking revenge; source of downfall or ruin; CF. Nemesis
::: lewd - lustful
