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 |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| sentinel | sentry |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| demerit | offense |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |