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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| shack | hut |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| irate | roused to ire |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |