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 |
|---|---|
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |