GRE Word List
APPEASE
pacify
The meaning of the word appease is pacify.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| cataclysm | flood |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |