GRE Word List

APPEASE

pacify

The meaning of the word appease is pacify.

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WordMeaning
hullthe outer covering of a fruit or seed
inductto put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
miteany of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors
equinoxeither of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
murmura half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
ricketyaffected with rickets
smotherto kill by depriving of air
viscoushaving a thick or sticky consistency : viscid
surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense