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 |
|---|---|
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| noisome | noxious |