GRE Word List

APPEASE

pacify

The meaning of the word appease is pacify.

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trilogya series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme
glowto shine with or as if with an intense heat
resourcefulable to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means
wrytwist
deterrentserving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
simperto smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner
gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty
diminutionthe act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease
disembarkto remove to shore from a ship