GRE Word List

MOLLIFY

to soothe in temper or disposition : appease

The meaning of the word mollify is to soothe in temper or disposition : appease.

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somnambulistan abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
duressforcible restraint or restriction
culpritone accused of or charged with a crime
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
reduceto draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
artificeclever or artful skill : ingenuity
surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
euphemismthe substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant