GRE Word List

APPEASE

pacify

The meaning of the word appease is pacify.

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treatisea systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached
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proletariana member of the proletariat
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dorsalan ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
cacophonousmarked by cacophony : harsh-sounding
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