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 |
|---|---|
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| conflagration | fire |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |