GRE Word List
APPEASE
pacify
The meaning of the word appease is pacify.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| paltry | inferior |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |