GRE Word List
APPEASE
pacify
The meaning of the word appease is pacify.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |