GRE Word List

PLACATE

to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease

The meaning of the word placate is to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease.

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remoteseparated by an interval or space greater than usual
discretionindividual choice or judgment
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credulityreadiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction