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 |
|---|---|
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| delve | excavate |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |