GRE Word List
APPEASE
pacify
The meaning of the word appease is pacify.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |